Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify avian lineages. Indeed, such tools have enabled ...
NEW YORK -- A peacock who escaped New York City's Bronx Zoo is attracting growing attention -- and hasn't even needed to fan his feather. "Raul," as locals have nicknamed the runaway fowl, had perched ...
For a long time, the accepted explanation was simply that perching birds just cling with tightly curled toes. A tendon runs from the toes up the elongated foot and behind the ankle. This diagram shows ...